§ Sir F. SYKESasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether ho is in a position to estimate and state the numbers employed and/or the expenditure of salaries, wages and pay in the fighting units of the Navy and in other naval services, respectively?
Mr. DAVIDSONThe maximum number of the naval personnel for the service of the Flett, for whom provision was made in the Estimates, is shown in Vote A. The actual average number borne during the present financial year is estimated at 99,500. The provision for pay (excluding emoluments in kind, i.e., victualling, clothing and accommodation) amounts to £14,436,000. The estimated number of persons employed on other naval services, including officers at headquarters and at dockyards, etc., workmen at dockyards and other industrial establishment, staffs of educational and medical establishments, civilians on Fleet services, police, etc., is 83,750. The provision for salaries, wages ov pay is approximately £13,770,000.